November 11, 2020

Another record day number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and 14 additional deaths

New Mexico health officials reported 1,500 new cases of COVID-19, another record number of cases reported in a single day. The state also reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths for the third consecutive day. Hospitalizations in the state also hit a new record high. Over a quarter of the newly reported cases, 418, were from Bernalillo […]

Matthew Reichbach

New Mexico health officials reported 1,500 new cases of COVID-19, another record number of cases reported in a single day. The state also reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths for the third consecutive day.

Hospitalizations in the state also hit a new record high.

Over a quarter of the newly reported cases, 418, were from Bernalillo County. And the state Department of Health reported 311 new cases in Doña Ana County, the most in a single day for the county, as the area experiences a massive outbreak of the disease, including thousands of new cases in recent weeks in neighboring El Paso County, Texas.

Curry County also had a record number of single-day cases for the county, with 109. The other counties with 50 or more newly reported cases were Santa Fe (93), McKinley (69), Sandoval (61), San Juan (56) and Lea (55) counties.

In all, 31 of the state’s 33 counties reported at least one new case. Another 43 cases were reported among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections, most of which were in the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County.

DOH reported that 481 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 56 from Tuesday’s announcement.

This could include those from out of state who are hospitalized for COVID-19 in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized out of state. The number of those hospitalized from out of state has been a low percentage of overall cases, the state’s hospitalization update from earlier this week showed.

The report found that the highest per capita hospital admissions between Nov. 2 and Nov. 8 were in McKinley County (39.6 per every 100,000 people), followed by Cibola County (35.5 per 100,000 residents) and Socorro County (32.4 per 100,000 residents)

DOH provided some details on each of the 14 newly announced deaths.

A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 60s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Adobe Assisted Living facility in Las Cruces.
A female in her 80s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation facility in Artesia.
A female in her 70s from Hidalgo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Otero County. The individual was hospitalized.
A second male in his 70s from Otero County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Retreat Gardens facility in Rio Rancho.

The most common underlying condition for those who died with COVID-19 was cardiovascular disease, followed by diabetes and hypertension, according to the state’s latest mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

The New Mexico Environment Department Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist now has 180 workplaces with two or more rapid responses for positive tests in the last 14 days.

Eight workplaces are currently closed for having four or more rapid responses in the last 14 days, though no new workplaces have been required to close since Saturday.

Testing details

DOH reported the number of newly reported cases on Wednesday.

418 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
109 new cases in Chaves County
38 new cases in Cibola County
5 new cases in Colfax County
39 new cases in Curry County
3 new cases in De Baca County
311 new cases in Doña Ana County
43 new cases in Eddy County
2 new cases in Grant County
3 new cases in Guadalupe County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
55 new cases in Lea County
13 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
14 new cases in Luna County
69 new cases in McKinley County
1 new case in Mora County
14 new cases in Otero County
2 new cases in Quay County
19 new cases in Rio Arriba County
9 new cases in Roosevelt County
61 new cases in Sandoval County
56 new cases in San Juan County
6 new cases in San Miguel County
93 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Sierra County
17 new cases in Socorro County
19 new cases in Taos County
7 new cases in Torrance County
24 new cases in Valencia County
6 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County
37 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

Additionally, DOH reported the total number of cases by county, including those from Wednesday.

DOH identified 11 previously reported cases as duplicates (four in Doña Ana County, three in Bernalillo County and one in each of Chaves, Eddy, Luna and Sandoval counties), while one previously reported case in Doña Ana County was not lab confirmed and another in Doña Ana County was determined to be an out-of-state resident. All have been corrected and removed from the state’s totals.

Bernalillo County: 14,943
Catron County: 12
Chaves County: 2,786
Cibola County: 867
Colfax County: 74
Curry County: 2,115
De Baca County: 19
Doña Ana County: 8,960
Eddy County: 2,009
Grant County: 254
Guadalupe County: 62
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 136
Lea County: 2,767
Lincoln County: 485
Los Alamos County: 76
Luna County: 1,455
McKinley County: 5,148
Mora County: 19
Otero County: 788
Quay County: 137
Rio Arriba County: 687
Roosevelt County: 657
Sandoval County: 2,699
San Juan County: 4,254
San Miguel County: 256
Santa Fe County: 2,701
Sierra County: 167
Socorro County: 353
Taos County: 385
Torrance County: 151
Union County: 47
Valencia County: 1,404

DOH reported the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities:

Cibola County Correctional Center: 348
Otero County Prison Facility: 417
Otero County Processing Center: 191
Torrance County Detention Facility: 44

DOH reported the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at the following facilities:

Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 160
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 3
Lea County Correctional Facility: 113
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 13
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 17
Otero County Prison Facility: 472
Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 69
Roswell Correctional Center: 215
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 93
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 5

DOH has identified at least one positive COVID-19 case in residents and/or staff in the past 28 days in 102 long-term care facilities, seventeen more than reported on Tuesday.